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Politics and International Relations
Profile
Research Degrees MA in Conflict, Development and Security Enquiries
MPhil/PhD MA in Security and War Postgraduate Secretary
MA in Globalization and the Information Age Susan Riches
Taught Courses LLM/MA in International Law and International tel: +44 (0)1524 594261
MA in Politics with Pathways in: Relations e-mail:
s.riches@lancaster.ac.uk
Theory and Modernity MRes in International Relations
British Politics and Policy Website
European Union Number of Postgraduate Students
www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/politics/
Middle East 43
Security and Modernity Location
Third World Head of Department County Main
MA in International Relations Professor Robert Geyer
MA in Peace Studies
MA in Conflict Resolution
The Department of Politics and International Relations has a large
and thriving postgraduate programme. The student body is
particularly cosmopolitan, with at least half coming from outside
the UK. We offer a range of Masters programmes in aspects of
international relations, security studies and peace and conflict
studies, public administration, international law and international
relations, and politics with pathways. The PhD programme allows
candidates to pursue research degrees in a broad array of specialist
areas reflecting the research interests of members of the
Department.
The Department hosts the internationally reputed Richardson
Institute for Peace Studies. The international journals British
Elections and Parties Review and Cultural Values are edited in the
Department, and members of staff are on the boards of a series of
Professor Christopher May other international journals in the field.
Professor of Political Economy and Director of
Research Students TAUGHT COURSES
The Department offers ten taught Masters programmes, one of
which, the MA in Politics, itself has seven different pathways. In all
Professor May researches intellectual property rights and the
of these MA in Politics pathways students take one core module for
information society. He is currently working with the National
the pathway concerned, freely choosing the other four modules,
Consumer Council to expand their coverage of intellectual
and also complete a dissertation on a related topic. In all other MA
property issues, and has recently completed the first
schemes, students take two core modules, and choose the
independent book length study of the World Intellectual
remaining three - but the dissertation choice can range more widely.
Property Organisation.
The Department also offers an LLM/MA in International Law and
“No one can ignore intellectual property nowadays and my
International Relations, as well as a Masters by Research in
research examines such issues as why AIDS medicines cost so
International Relations specifically designed to offer research
much, why music downloading is often illegal and how
training.
ownership of information disrupts many of the benefits of the
Internet for people in Africa.”
MA modules
The modules currently offered include the following:
“In the Department we offer a broad range of postgraduate
programmes that reflect the diversity of our staff, the breadth
Major Approaches to the Study of International Relations
of our interests and our commitment to explore the exciting
Theory and Method in International Relations
world of politics and international relations. We pride ourselves
Approaches to Peace Studies
on being a vibrant, international department in the thriving
Feminist International Relations
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences here at Lancaster.”
International Organisations and Foreign Policy
Globalisation, the State and Democracy in the Third World
States, Markets and Globalization
The European Union: Politics and Policy
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